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Filed April 1e, 1947 Feb. 89 1949. H. WEBER 2,461,457

DRAPERY CRANE Filed April -16'- 1947 2 v4sheets-sheet 2 l I i6 ii I n I i2` A 5 I `INV ENTOR{ HENRY WEBER' Patented Feb. 8, 1949 UNITED sTATes ATaNr orifice DRAPERY CRANE Henry Weber, Cleveland, Ohio, assigner of onefourth to Harry A. Hildebrand, Brunswick,

Ollio Application April 16, 1947, Serial No. 741,871

5 Claims.

The invention relates to drapery cranes and particularly to devices of this character that are universally adjustable whereby they can be mounted on the supporting framework, such as a window or door frame, either at the top thereof or on a side member either with a vertical or a horizontal positioning of the supporting bracket, or at any desired angle, or so as to support the .drapery at the desired height or at any desired j distance of lateral offset relative to the window cr door fra-Ine, or inwardly of the latter at the desiredspaceddistance therefrom. By such adjust- "ment, the drapery can be supported bythe crane with the latter adjusted relative to the frame so as to extend across the top thereof, or at the side` thereof, in any desired angular position, or above ,the frame at a desired height, or inwardly of the Y .frame the desired distance to accommodate other v,window covers, such as shades, Valances, glass curtains, etc., between the drapery and the window proper. The crane also can be adjusted so ,as to correct any irregularity in the hanging of the drapery or improper hanging thereof relative ,to the window or the room floor due to im- .proper installation, sagging, or shrinkage. This universal adjustment permits the necessary acl.commodation to obtain the desired ornamental effect, also to conform to the particular window frame involved, and to correct draping irregularities resulting from faulty installation,

use, or laundering.

Particularly, the improved drapery crane is oi the cantilever type, the drapery carrier being piv- `otally secured at one end to a crane bracket ad- 4justably mounted on the window or door frame.

The annexed drawings and the following description set forth in detail certain means illustrating the improvements in drapery cranes, the same, however, disclosing only one form in which the principle of the invention may be embodied.

In said annexed drawings: Figure 1 is a front elevation of the improved drapery crane, the parts of which are shown in full lines secured and adjusted for a mounting lof the supporting bracket at the top of and within a lateral edge of a window frame in horizontal Aparallel relation to the cantilever armforzning a carrierfor the drape, the cantilever arm being 4shown broken, and two selective angular posi- ";t' i ons, ln a vertical plane, of the cantilever armA being suggested by dot-*and-dash lines;

(Cl. 21H-105.1)

Figure 2 is a bottom plan view in full lines of the crane as shown in Figure l, partially in -horizontal section, and upon a smaller scale, an

adjustable position of the cantilever arm in a horizontal piane being suggested in dot-anddash outline;

Figure 3 is a vertical section, taken in the plane indicated by the line 3 3, Figure 2;

Figure 4 is a fragmentary vertical section, taken in the plane indicated by the line 4 4, Figure 3;

Figure 5 is a fragmentary plan view, taken from Y the plane indicated by the line 5 5, Figure 3;

Figure 6 is a front elevation illustrating an angular mounting of the supporting bracket adjacent an upper corner of the window frame and a supporting of the cantilever arm at a' selective distance above and eXteriorly offset from the side edge of the Window frame;

Figure '7 is a front elevation showingthe supporting bracket and cantilever arm positioned in horizontal parallel relation, the supported end of the cantilever arm being offset exteriorly of the window frame to a selective extent; and

Figure 8 is a front elevation showing the supporting bracket mounted in vertical position and carrying the cantilever arm in horizontal'position at a selective distance above the main supporting frame.

` are illustrated in the accompanying drawings,

Figures l and 2 showing the supporting of the bracket l on the window frame 4 at the top of the latter and in a horizontal position of the body I, Figure 6 illustrating the supporting of the body A adjacent an upper corner of the window frame .at about a 45 angle and extending above the window frame e in an outwardly oiiset relation, Figure 7 illustrating a furtherhorizontal mounting of the body l on the window frame l butin 0 such' position that the end ofthe body extends tension, means for adjustably supporting the bracket longitudinally of its length, a cylindrical rod having a bearing at one end on the bracket extension and projected at its opposite end be yoncl Vsaid extension, a resilient plate securedrto the bracket extension and formed with an 0D- posed rod bearing, means for releasably clamping the resilient plate to the bracket extension for rotative movement of the rod on its bearings and adjustment thereof axially of its bearings, a pin mounted in the `projected portion of the rod, and a cantilever drapery carrier pivotally mounted at one end on the pin to turn in a plane at right angles to the plane of rotative movement of the rod.

HENRY WEBER.

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